More to Manitowoc County than just the Avery case

A look at Manitowoc County across the years, from the arrival of the first French explorers in the 1600s throughout its times as a center for brewing, shipbuilding and agriculture -- and the 'Making a Murderer' case.
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Manitowoc County is more than just the site of the homicide case that spawned the famous Netflix documentary, 'Making a Murderer.'

The first French explorers arrived in 1673, but the county wasn't incorporated until 1839. Eight years later, a brewery opened in downtown Manitowoc. The Rahr Brewery operated until prohibition. Anheuser-Busch bought the plant in 1962.

A history of the Steven Avery case, from his arrest, imprisonment and exoneration for a Manitowoc County rape, to his court case and appeal in the killing that would become the 'Making a Murderer' documentary.
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Four months after the Teresa Halbach murder, Steven Avery's 16-year-old nephew Brendan Dassey implicates himself in the brutal rape and murder. But was Dassey's confession real or spoon fed by a pair of detectives?
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A look at Manitowoc County across the years, from the arrival of the first French explorers in the 1600s throughout its times as a center for brewing, shipbuilding and agriculture -- and the 'Making a Murderer' case.
Wochit/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin